This time was different.  Previous years I had settled into a tent near the car at the viewpoint below Richmond Peak, a timbered ridge to the north and east of Seeley Lake, Montana.  Time and again I had enjoyed the awesome view of the mighty wall of mountain ridge that rose up from the canyon […]

Mount Gunnison was calling as we three 13 year old boys laid our plans and set out on our next Colorado back country adventure.  We had studied our Forest Service map and convinced our parents that we knew what we were doing.  It seemed fairly straightforward.  We would follow the Forest Service trail about a […]

The trout literally leaped to snag our hooks as we cast them again and again into the small pools of Trout Creek as it cascaded down through the brush, waterfalling from rock to rock.  No, really, that is one of those rare memories from childhood that stands out as a boggling phenomena, one of few […]

Welcome Creek Wilderness – our spring-time challenge in a strange and wonderful little corner of the Montana back country world, just off the blue ribbon trout stream, Rock Creek.  We should have thought it through a little more, but just needed to get out and do a nearby trail.  So Evie and I threw our […]

If you’re planning on sending your kids to a summer camp during this following months you will be very happy to learn that there are Northeast summer camps that have the option of allowing your kid to experience magnificent landscapes and activities in which he will be very comfortable and he will also be having […]

A cruise offers the chance to enter a totally different world and that’s appealing to all ages. So bring the whole family along. Most cruise lines have special children’s rates and provide lot’s of entertainment specifically aimed at youth. Many cruises have trained personnel whose sole job is to supervise the wide variety of children’s […]

Weddings can be both the most exciting and stressful times of a person’s life. Sure it is certainly fun to design wedding invitations, plan your reception and pick colors for your ceremony and bridesmaid’s dresses. On the flip side, the woes of budgeting for a wedding, hiring a minister, hiring a caterer, and securing entertainment […]